Worse Than That

By Trixie0828

This story is a fan fiction and anything dealing with muggles, Hogwarts, the wizarding world and the characters are not mine they are Rowling's. The only thing that is mine is Isabelle, anything else is not mine and it all comes form Rowling and my being a fan of her books. This is only my interpretations of what i think her characters would do in this kind of situation.

Most of this stuff may not make complete sense because I'm not that great at writting and it made sense in my head when I did it. Read if you like if you don't its no skin off my nose. But it is also okay if you do.

Chapter 2: That's How Its Meant to Be

Things didn't turn out as bad as Isabelle thought the weekend was great she met and talked with lots of people and so far nothing of what Lily had said other than the random pranks which were funny. The week went by much as Isabelle had thought Sirius started calling her Sunshine and everyone else called her Is, classes were not that bad there were many speeches about O.W.L's at the first couple of each classes of each subject.

But not much else James and Sirius didn't do much on their homework, until the night before or they had Peter write it out for them which was annoying. They didn't care at all it was all a game for them. But they were also boys, Isabelle got everything done the day it was assigned like Remus and hung out with the boys.

Sirius and Isabelle argued at least three or four times a day, it was so annoying for Isabelle but Sirius seemed to enjoy it. He seemed to like it more than when he won for some reason.

About three weeks into the school year Lily stopped talking to James and wouldn't really talk about it, all she would say was "You'll see soon, and you won't want to talk to those immature idiots either." But aside form the usual crushing on James and calling him an idiot Isabelle never got much out of why Lily was in dislike with James.

One fall Saturday morning, Isabelle got up early and took her school books; she finished her homework within an hour and spent the rest of the time just starring at the sky.

When she heard a familiar voice, "Hey Sunshine what you up to?" Picking up her school books and readings the title of the first, "Oh I see we have another hard worker amongst us, you hung out with Remus too much as a child all you do is study." "Not true I just get my work done and spend the rest of the time goofing off instead of goofing off then doing it last minute."

Sirius chuckled and said, "Just like Remus." as he rummaged through her bag a little more. "Hey who said you could go through that?" Isabelle said grabbing it out of his hands but he already had her crystal ball with her music on it.

"Oh Sirius do give that back, it was hard to make." "Hard to make you can buy one of these in Diagon Alley cheap." he said tossed it to James who just appeared, "Yeah, so what's so special about this?" James said as he tossed it to Peter who immediately dropped it and Remus caught it.

"It's something that my uncle gave me along time ago." Isabelle said with a sigh as Remus just caught the crystal, he looked at the crystal and Isabelle jumped up and held out her hand and asked "May I have that back Remus?" "Oh don't give it to her", Sirius said laying back on the grass his head just by the trunk of the tree, "she didn't say please." The boys all chuckled and then Isabelle turned to Sirius and gave him a kick in the side. "Ow!"

"Oh shut up you, you had no right going through my bag…" Just as she spoke Great Big Sea- Sea of No Cares started playing and it startled all over them accepted Isabelle and Remus. "How did you do that?" Sirius sat up asking Remus who was still laughing.

"I just tapped it once with my wand. He tapped it once more and then the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight began to play, "Very inventive, do you know how it was made?" Remus said staring at the crystal.

Isabelle just then swiped it out of his hand, and going to her bag which Sirius stole before she could get her wand out so the song kept playing.

"So you have a bunch of muggle songs on there?" Peter asked, "That's really cleaver." James added. "Yes there muggle songs I like listening to music and so my uncle gave it to so when we went to places that electronic things didn't work I could still listen to it with out breaking laws." she replied as Kenny Chesney- She Thinks My Tractor Is Sexy began to play and she fought with Sirius for her bag.

"Give me my bag back Sirius!" Isabelle demanded, "Your not asking very nicely." Sirius said with his smug little smile.

"Hey Potter catch!" He tossed the bag to James and Sirius stole the crystal and walking around started taping the crystal

"We need something a little slower…nope …nope…" he said as he walked around Isabelle trying to get the crystal from him afraid it would be dropped the other boys just laughed.

Sirius didn't stop till her reached Bryan Adams- Everything I Do, I Do It For You began to play then he tossed it to Remus, just as she reached for it and grabbed Isabelle's hand and said "Shall we dance?" "I'm not dancing with you."

But he pulled Isabelle close and began to dance anyway, Isabelle tried to get out of his grip once but it was a poor attempt she liked being in Sirius' arms from the first time he caught her. And as they danced James and Peter, hooted and howled Remus didn't seem to like it much. And other people had heard the music and came to see what it was all about.

And James and Peter began to dance along also mockingly until everyone was laughing, Remus just stood there holding the crystal watching. Sirius had pulled Isabelle even closer and she was starring into to his eyes and after the song ended Isabelle realized others were around broke free of Sirius stole back her crystal and bag and ran for the castle.

Even though Isabelle was annoyed with the boys she kind of even enjoyed her dance with Sirius, but she was still annoyed with him and embarrassed so she hid her crystal. She never took it out again except in her room and things went on as before. Isabelle still didn't see what Lily was talking about. Until one Friday while walking to a couple different classes Isabelle saw James and Sirius picking on random people and they seemed to think they we cool and just big joke.

Then when she was walking with Lily she saw James and Sirius hexing and turning someone up side down by the lake and Remus was just sitting under the tree reading. They were torturing the crook nose boy, at the site of this Isabelle ran over, Lily running behind her trying to figure out what was going on. Isabelle reached them there was a crowd around them laughing their heads off and James and Sirius seemed to think it was really amusing too.

Isabelle shouted at them "Stop!" as flashes of times she was picked on in the different places her and her father had been. Then these vines shot out of the ground and grabbed their wand arms and caught Snape as he fell.

After there wands dropped and Snape was safe on the ground, the vines shot back to the ground. "What do you think your doing?" Isabelle shouted at James and Sirius "We were just having a bit of fun." James replied "Ya its just Snivellus." Sirius added.

Isabelle walked over to Snape to give him a hand up he looked frighten by her and anger at the same time and got up and ran away. "Fun, you were having fun making someone else a laughing stalk, and making someone else's life horrible." Isabelle scolded them, "Why we're you picking on him?" "Because he exists!" James and Sirius said in unison like it was nothing and normal to do.

Isabelle stared at them for a second shocked these to boys she thought were so nice a sweet were just big bullies and cowards to pick on someone for no reason. And she looked them straight in the eyes and said very loudly, "You're just a couple of bullies…you go around thinking your better than everyone and pick on others because their smaller, weaker or because they just exist. The two of you are pathetic…" at this Remus finally stood up and joined as other looked on them Remus then spoke, "That's enough Isabelle you…"

Isabelle cut him off "And you…Remus your worse than these two because you just sit back and watch." Now James, Sirius and Remus were starting to get offended and were about to defended each other when Isabelle shouted "The three of you are cowards, pathetic, bullying cowards. You think your so clever and smart, but you can't even come up with an excuse to pick on some one and make their life miserable." and she stormed off. James,

Sirius and Remus just stood in shock even when Lily lectured them she never went that far, "She's right you three, it is cowardly." Lily said as she ran after Isabelle.

Isabelle didn't talk to the boys for the rest of the weekend and did not sit by them, the three tried to apologize to her but she wouldn't say anything to them except the odd occasion she would say "I'm not the one you need to apologize to!" and then walk away.

This kind of thing went on for the rest of October when Lily and Isabelle would hang out with others and not talk to any of the boys. They also had not picked on anyone lately either and this made Isabelle think of maybe saying at least "HI" once and around mid- November she cracked as did Lily.

Because the boys were being to sweet, and funny so she just couldn't help it., she missed laughing with them. She even missed her debates with Sirius and they had to appeared to have stopped. The one supper, it was storming that night so the ceiling of the great hall had streaks of lighting flash across it here and there.

The six of them sat joking and caring on once again like the first night Isabelle had arrived and missed very much. All of the boys apologized and promised to mend their evil ways, they even promised to stop giving Snape a hard time. And they would focus on pranks that made everyone laugh.

"Good, I'm glad you'll stop picking on Severus, its not nice at all." Isabelle added after they promised through gritted teeth. "Well he sometimes does deserve it, like for knocking Lily down." James added.

Isabelle not wanting an argument to break out left it at that and turned to Remus and asked about the bandage on his had that she just had noticed, "Remus what happened to your hand?" "Oh nothing really…accidentally set my wand off and got my self."

This answer did not satisfy Isabelle at all but she figured she shouldn't push it just in case the others didn't know about Remus, Isabelle had figured out that Remus was a werewolf, so she knew the wand story was a lie. Isabelle had seen a couple werewolves before and she even had a cousin who just two years ago had been bitten. Her cousin who is a year younger than Isabelle was bitten while they were on a family trip.

She had been going through the painful moments of the monthly full moon ever since. It made Isabelle wonder if Remus is a werewolf…do the others know about it, maybe if I told him he would understand. But like muggles wizards don't really believe in… we are myths to both… but maybe he would… Isabelle had her answer a week later in History of Magic.

"Alright today class today we will be learning about Elves, now I'm not talking about house elves those are a different breed. I'm talking about real Elves who look very much human except for their pointed ears, they have powers like witches and wizards, but they are much more powerful and can harness the elements." Professor Binns said to the class and then asked a question that when a single hand shot up to reply Isabelle was shocked to death at that person's answer.

"Now can anyone here tell me anything else about Elves?… Yes Mr. Lupin?"

"Elves are myth and have always considered a great evil, because they are extremely emotional, can harness the elements."

"Well Mr. Lupin for once your only partly right, Elves are not a myth, but they are very scarce and it is a very rare occasion if you see one. They are not evil they are like us just more in tune with nature and nature reacts to their emotions. As well as our emotions reacting with their emotions, sometimes bottled up emotions of another can be in avertedly channelled by an Elf." Remus, James and Sirius along with a few others in the class just snorted and rolled their eyes.

Many had been told stories of Elves by their parents where Elves terrorized little children and were pure evil. "On the odd occasions where this has happened long, long ago witches and wizards began to think Elves evil. For when these strong emotions erupt nature reacts to them and can cause disasters and floods and hurricanes that a wizard can only do by magic."

Binns told the students of Elves and tried to destroy the myths of Elves being purely evil. But to his dismay it did not work Remus, James, Sirius and others in the classes found the evil in Elves and the class debated.

The room was in an up roar about this normally in fifth year Elves were not discussed but the teachers were of course told about Isabelle so, she guessed that this was his way of possible making it easier for her if people found out but crushing the myths about Elves. But it was not working the way the Professor planned, because more people were afraid of one day running into and Elf or they were full of prejudice against Elves even more.

Isabelle sat in the class room with her head hung down, it began to grow cloudy outside and looked as if it was about to storm. Lily by the end of class was the only one who was on Professor Binns and Isabelle's side though she di not know it. But even with Lily they as a kind of support Isabelle was close to her breaking point and the weather outside had begun to reflect her fear and pain. With fierce winds and pounding rain.

When the bell rang Isabelle ran out of the class room as fast as she could she couldn't stand being near these people who she thought were her friends and that hated her race so much, because Isabelle is a Elf, her father is human and her mother was an Elf.

All she could think as she ran out of the castle and hid under the Quidditch pitch was I have to get out of here, they'll find out one day and then even Lily won't be able to stand by me I know I'm all alone…dad please come take me away… and once safely hidden under the pitch she began to cry her heart out and all she could think was. How could Remus be so hypocritical…his a werewolf for crying out loud… they know nothing of real Elves and once they find out they'll turn away from me I know it…how can I go back to the castle?

Isabelle missed the rest of her classes that day, and she missed lunch, and supper as well, no one had come looking for her even which made her head swim with more terror if they were ever to find out they would surely treat me as they did Snape, probably even worse…they haven't even looked for me yet.

Then suddenly there was the sound of foot steps, Isabelle turned to where they were coming from it was Professor McGonagall. At the site of Professor McGonagall she jumped up immediately and began to plead with her to send her home "Please Professor, can you please find out where my father is and send me home I can't do this any more not after…not after that class." Isabelle fell to her knees at Professor McGonagall's feet and began to cry even harder.

"I'll right to your father and tell him your feelings and see what he says, but I know he would not want you to give up so easy." she said with a tender voice. Professor McGonagall bended down and gave Isabelle a hug, "It will be alright when the time comes and you must tell them they'll stand by you…"

"No they won't", Isabelle cried, "you didn't hear the way they were talking about Elves, they hate them…they'll hate me as soon as they find out." Professor McGonagall just kept holding Isabelle and telling her, but Isabelle knew deep in her heart was that they wouldn't turn their backs on her at least that's what she told herself. "

Now it's late so we better get you up to bed, you done enough crying for one night and your friends have been worried their all probably still up in the common room even though I told them to go to bed." the thought of that made Isabelle cheer up a little.

And she started to imagine all five of them sitting in the common room waiting, and as they approached the portrait hole she could just see all of then there and as the portrait swung open she smiled as they walked into the empty room and silent tears ran down Isabelle's face.

None of them were there; Professor McGonagall gave her one last hug and said "They listened for once! You go to bed and you can talk with them in the morning…don't worry when you need them they'll all be there."

And with that she left. Isabelle stood a moment in the spot that Professor McGonagall left her and looked around the room an said to her self "Of course they aren't here waiting, I'm such a fool to hope that's how, that's how it's meant to be…me alone."

And then she wiped the tears from her eyes and walked to the stairs that lead up to the girls dormitory and she thought she heard a rustle over by their usual sit by the fire, but when she looked nothing was there. Then she began her quiet climb up the stairs to her room and quietly put on her night gown and crawled into bed and held Pippin so tight and silently cried her self to sleep.